Seal for seal-locks.



" No. 744,234; PATENTED NOV. 17, 1903,

c. J. REYNOLDS & 0. E. CHAPMAN.

SEAL FOR SEAL LOCKS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 12. 1902.

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No. 744,234. Patented November 17,1903.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES J. REYNOLDS AND OLIVER E. CHAPMAN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHU- SETTS, ASSIGNORS TO UNIVERSAL CAR SEAL COMPANY, OF KITTERY, MAINE, AND BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

SEAL FOR SEAL-LOCKS.

SPECIFIGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 744,234, dated November 17, 1903 Application filed April 12, 1902. Serial No. 102,574. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: and bending said fold at D around the por- Beitknown that we, CHARLES J. REYNOLDS tion A into the fold E, which is in physical and OLIVER E. CHAPMAN, both citizens of contact throughout its entire length or width the United States, residing in Boston, in the with the surface of the strip A on the other county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, side from the fold C. These folds A", C, D,

have invented a new and useful Improvement and E are parallel with each other and with in Seals for Seal-Locks, of which the followthe strip A and are pressed by a suitable ing is a specification. I mechanism tightly together, and thus consti- This invention relates to seals (preferably tut'e a head which is several times as thick as :0 metallic) which are adapted to extend into or the strip A. In practice the parts of the head between plates or looking devices making porabove described are made of hot rolled iron. tions of seal-locks, such as are particularly In Fig. 4 .a seal-lock S, of any desired conapplicable to freight-cars, although suchsealstruction, having internal bolts which are locks are sometimes used in other connections. adapted to extend through the slots B, is sus- 15 The seal usually consists of a narrow flexible pended by a chain F from the side II of a strip of metal having stamped upon it letters freightcar. A pin K, suitably slotted vertior characters referring to the railroad, destically, is suspended by a chainL from the car nation of the freight-car, &c. and hangs through a staple P, driven into the Our improved seal is intended particularly car. A slotted bar R swings from the door 20 for application to seal-locking contrivances, H of the car and rests on and around the 7c in which the seal extends from the lock staple between the pin K and the side of the through a slotted pin, to which it is to be secar. In practice the rear end a of the sealA cured in such a manner that it cannot be is thrust through the slotted pin K and into withdrawn or removed without exhibiting inthe lock S, where it is held by suitable bolts 2 5 dications of its having been tampered with. in the ordinary manner. The headproduced In the accompanying drawings, in which bythe folds A C D E projects beyond the pin similar letters of reference indicate correand being thicker than the slot cannot be sepsponding parts, Figure 1 is an elevation of arated therefrom without destroying the seal our improved seal. Fig.2isaplanoredge View or, at least, so far injuring it that evidences go of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlargedsection taken will remain of its having been tampered with.

on line X, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a front view of a As a matter of fact should any person enportion of the side of a freight-car, showing deavor to bend back the folds, which, as will the manner in which the seal is used. be noticed, are very short, breakage will oc- A represents the narrow flexible metallic cur either at C or D, and thus the condition 3 5 strip provided with openings B,through which of the lock will indicate that it has been tamthe bolt or bolts of a suitable lock S are inpered with. tended to extend when the seal is in position No claim is made in this application on the in the look. This strip is adapted to receive lock or on any of the parts F, K, L, P, and R, as suitable letters or characters applied in the this invention relates solely to the seal, and 0 ordinary manner. One end of the strip A is. said seal may be used in connection with any 0 doubled back at A to produce the fold A, look provided with internal bolts adapted to which is parallel with the main portion A of extend through the holes B and with any pin the strip, but is not in contact with the suror similar device provided with a slot of suitface thereof. Another plate or strip of metal able width to admit the body of the seal, but 45 of the same width as the strip A, but prefernot to allow the passage through it of' the ably thicker, is applied to the folded end of head thereof. said strip by inserting the portion C thereof Having thus fully described our invention, between the fold A and the 'main portion A what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters of the strip, bending said portion C at C into Patent, is-- 50 the fold D, which lies against the portion A, 1. A seal for seal-locks, consisting ofa strip I00 A provided with one or more slots B, said strip being formed with the baclflvardly-extending fold A; and a head consisting of a piece of metal applied to the strip at its folded end and interlocking reversely therewith, whereby the strain 011 the seal forces the interlocking folds together at that end, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The herein-described seal for seal-locks, comprising the strip A formed at one end with the backwardly-extending fold A; and the integral head comprising the three substantially parallel folds, G, D, E, the fold 0 being disposed between the strip A and the fold A, 

